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@AFATexas

Music • Education • Collaboration | AFA enriches young lives through music.

 Houston, TX
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Joined July 2014
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It was a terrific week for my musician son. His confidence is growing so much. Looking forward already to next week. We appreciate you! #raisingmusicians #musicisoursport
AFA (@AFATexas) profile pictureAFA@AFATexas18 Jun 2022
One week down and four more weeks to go! Yesterday we said “see you later” to our Vocal Artist Intensive students at their final performance and next week we’re gearing up for another round of concerts and recitals. Stay tuned!
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It's time to get your application going, Colts! Remember....bus service is provided to AFA sites from Humble ISD! #awesomestartshere @KHSOrchestra @HumbleISD_Arts
AFA (@AFATexas) profile pictureAFA@AFATexas27 Jan 2022
Have you been practicing your intervals? We're anticipating even more fun theory games this summer at the 2022 AFA Summer Music Festival. Applications are open now! Visit afatexas.org/summer for more information.
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Looking for a wonderful summer orchestra festival? Apply to AFA! afatexas.org/SUMMER/ @AFATexas @HumbleISD_Arts
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Listening to the Gulfton strings on a gorgeous Saturday before the @AFATexas rubber duck race!
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Rubber duckies race for a great charity! Adopt a duck for $5 and your chance to win great prizes, including $2,500 cash. The Bayou City Duck Race, November 6. bayoucityduckrace.org.
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We had a great time tagging ducks! Adopt a duck and see it race in the AFA Bayou City Duck Race at bayoucityduckrace.org.
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Congrats to Douglas! American Idol VIP Pass! With this pass, Douglas will bypass the cattle call auditions and go straight to the producer auditions! #hspva50 #hspva #americanidol #abc13 #samicaknight
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Houston’s AFA revives Summer Music Festival for young musicians @AFATexas #Preview preview.houstonchronicle.com…
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Yesterday ROCO Principal Harpist Laurie Meister had a chance to work with the young harpists of @AFATexas! 🎶 Good luck on your performances!! From playing, to teaching, to traveling—stay tuned for more to find out #WhatROCODidThisSummer! 🌞 – at Houston, TX
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Congratulations to KHS orchestra members Holly Englehardt and Jaela Barrera and AHS orchestra member Ella Abarquez on a fabulous AFA Symphony Orchestra final concert! Fabulous! @HumbleISD_KHS @HumbleISD_AHS @HumbleISD @AFATexas
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Congrats to Humble ISD alumnus Matthew Daily and Andrew Olges along with WLMS orchestra director Mr. Roane on their AFA Alumni orchestra premier of ECHO by Jude Vaclavik! Bravo! @HumbleISD_KHS @HumbleISD_AHS @HumbleISD_WLMS @HumbleISD @AFATexas
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Watching in the Denver airport! ❤️🎶🎶 sound amazing!
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Happiness is when your best friends come to hear you play in a @AFATexas concert after a really crappy musical year. #RaisingMusicians #MusicIsOurSport #HSPVAKidsAreTheBest #Will – at Houston, TX
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Check out this article by Jonathan Farrell about our Rootwork session later today, “The Arts as a Vehicle for Transformation: Moving from Trauma to Healing” with Barbara Mumby-Huerta and Cynthia Tom! ow.ly/sd7Y50DIPfS
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"The arts are so important not only to society but to ourselves as human beings. It keeps in touch with our own humanity. So access to the arts in any way, shape, or form is vital." Audra McDonald Winner of 6 Tonys, McDonald was a recipient of the National Medal of Arts in 2015
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Attention Houston Artists! 📢 @spahouston is taking applications for Live Performance Commissions! Application are due December 18! Visit their page for more info 📲 Three awards will be given to working performing artists or groups within the Greater Houston Metro Area, to c…
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Dr. Smith and the @hspvasymphony in rehearsal this afternoon! @HSPVA
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In one study, when older adults took piano lessons, their attention, memory and problem-solving abilities improved, along with their moods and quality of life hopkinsmedicine.org/health/w… @JohnsHopkins. @MidAtlanticArts @southarts @ArtsMidwest @NEFA_Boston @nprmusic @NEAArtsChair @AP
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Somewhere, amid the darkness, a painter measures a blank canvas, a poet tests a line aloud, a songwriter brings a melody into tune. Art inspires, provokes thought, reflects beauty and pain. I seek it out even more in these times. And in so doing, I find hope in the human spirit.
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Amazing job by our Scarborough Strings! @AFATexas @STFullmighter @HoustonISD
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Our National Music Educators’ Survey indicates young people lack the skills and confidence to compose their own music. A curriculum biased toward performing and against experimentation is fuelling a creative crisis. Explore our #CanCompose findings at: ow.ly/Md1150wFDLu
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